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A new theory about the relation between cognitive ability and moral opinions
Why is it that people with higher cognitive ability tend to have more liberal opinions on moral issues? This project will try to offer an explanation.
Cognitive ability and fertility among Swedish men born 1951–1967: evidence from military conscription registers
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286 (1902) Abstract We examine the relationship between cognitive ability and childbearing patterns in contemporary Sweden using administrative register data. The top
Do income and marriage mediate the relationship between cognitive ability and fertility? Data from Swedish taxation and conscriptions registers for men born 1951-1967
I: Intelligence, Vol. 84 AbstractRecent evidence suggests a positive association between fertility and cognitive ability among Swedish men. In this study we use data on 18 birth cohorts of Swedish men t
Usability of climate information: Toward a new scientific framework
WIREs Climate Change Abstract Climate science is expected to provide usable information to policy-makers, to support the resolution of climate change. The complex, multiply connected nature of climate c
Socioeconomic Persistence Across Generations: Cognitive and Noncognitive Processes
Kapitel 3. http://www.russellsage.org/publications/parents-to-children Abstract This chapter analyses the role of cognitive ability, personality traits, and physical characteristics in transmission of so
Status and stability. An examination of the importance of time in Swedish asylum and citizenship legislation
The past years the migration laws have shifted from the permanent to the temporary. What does the aspect of time mean for the individual's legal status?
The Role of Education for Intergenerational Income Mobility: A comparison of the United States, Great Britain, and Sweden
Social Forces, Volume 96, Issue 1, pp. 121–152, doi.org/10.1093/sf/sox051 Abstract Previous studies have found that intergenerational income persistence is relatively high in the United States and Brita
Pension Systems and Pension Reform in an Aging Society
After having illustrated both theoretical and empirical sides of the debate on the ability of a pension system to fulfill its aim with an aging population, the paper makes two main claims: the debate
Dennett's prime-mammal objection to the consequence argument
Theoria Abstract The Consequence Argument is the classic argument for the incompatibility of determinism and our ability to do otherwise. Daniel C. Dennett objects that the Consequence Argument suffers
Legal Power and the Right to Vote: Does the Right to Vote Confer Power?
Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence, 30(1), 5–22. Abstract It is widely believed that voting rights confer power to individual voters as well as to the collective body of the electorate. This pa
